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Tag Archives: U.S. Senate
The New Yorker: Jeffrey Frank: Rand Paul & The Eisenhower Dream
Source:The New Democrat Back in the day, before, lets say, the Religious Right era, the Republican Party was essentially a classically conservative, if not conservative, libertarian party that used phrases like “Get big government out of my wallet, bedrooms, classrooms, … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, The New Democrat
Tagged 113th Congress, 2014, America, Conservatism, Conservative Libertarianism, Conservative Libertarians, Conservatives, Jeffrey Frank, Kentucky, Libertarian Right, Rand Paul, Republican Party, Senate Republicans, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington DC
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Reason Magazine: Sharif Matar Interviews Director Christopher Kay: What’s Wrong with American Politics? Of by For the American People
Source:The New Democrat There’s an old saying about the American political system that goes something like this: It is the worst political system in the world except for all the rest. Not exactly a high bar to shoot for, kind … Continue reading
Posted in Reason, The New Democrat
Tagged 113th Congress, 2014, America, American Political System, American Politicians, American Politics, Christopher Kay, Democratic Party, Federal Government, Of by For the American People, Republican Party, Sharif Matar, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, United States, United States Government, Washington, Washington DC
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C-SPAN: Nadie Cohodas: Strom Thurmond Biography: The Politics of Southern Change (1993)
Source:The New Democrat The best thing I can say about Senator Strom Thurmond, as someone who is not a fan, is that he was a reformed segregationist who reformed his views and rhetoric as the predominant views changed, even in … Continue reading
Posted in Book TV, The New Democrat
Tagged 103rd Congress, 1993, America, BookNotes, Brian Lamb, C-SPAN, Christian Nationalism, Christian Nationalists, Dixiecrats, Far Right, Nadine Cohodas, Nationalism, Nationalists, Neo-Confederacy, Neo-Confederates, New Right, Populism, Populists, Senate Republicans, Senator Strom Thurmond, South Carolina, Strom Thurmond, The Politics of Southern Change, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Thom Hartmann: Video: Mike Papantonio: Our Looming Judicial Crisis
Source:The New Democrat At risk of sounding completely inside the beltway and like a congressional junky who knows too much about U.S. Senate rules, Senate Democrats should consider a new rule and even do it with a 51-vote majority necessary … Continue reading
New America Foundation: Justin King: Senator Ron Wyden Wants Children’s Savings Accounts
Source:The New Democrat I somewhat covered this last week with a blog on retirement and unemployment accounts for people so they can save for retirement and not have to burn those accounts when they are unemployed, especially for long periods … Continue reading
Posted in The New Democrat
Tagged 113th Congress, 2014, America, Asset Building, Democratic Party, Justin King, Oregon, Ron Wyden, Savings Accounts, Senate Democrats, Senator Ron Wyden, The Weekly Wonk, U.S. Congress, U.S. Savings Rate, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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JFK Library: President Harry S. Truman- Criticism of Senator John F. Kennedy (1960)
Source:JFK Library– President Harry S. Truman (Democrat, Missouri (1945-53) Source:The New Democrat “TNC:27 (excerpt) Press conference given by President Harry Truman announcing his reasons for resigning as a delegate to the 1960 Democratic National Convention. July 2, 1960. This film … Continue reading
Posted in JFK, The New Democrat
Tagged 1960, 1960 Presidential Election, 86th Congress, America, Center Left, Center Right, Classical Liberalism, Classical Liberals, Democratic Party, Harry S. Truman, Harry Truman's Criticism of John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy For President, Liberalism, Liberals, Massachusetts, Missouri, President Harry S. Truman, Progressive Democrats, Progressives, Progressivism, Senate Democrats, The 1960s, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate, United States, Washington, Washington DC
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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Major Sentencing Reforms
Source:The New Democrat I agree that this bill that the Senate Judiciary Committee doesn’t go far enough. I would decriminalize cocaine, heroin and meth. Not legalize them which is different, but my drug policy would be that if adults twenty-one … Continue reading
Posted in Reason, The New Democrat
Tagged 113th Congress, 2014, Alternative Sentencing, America, American Prisons, Chuck Grassley, Democratic Party, Iowa, Jacob Sullum, Pat Leahy, Prison Reform, Republican Party, Senate Democrats, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Rpeublicans, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Pat Leahy, Sentencing Reform, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, United States, Vermont, War on Drugs, Washington, Washington DC
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